G'day everybody,
I was off to wello on monday morning with the intention to show the place around to a mate that really likes kayaking but who is often too lazy to come around. Waiting for him at 8am, I jump in the water and try to get any bait that would be stickin around the jetty. Of course I am as good as chasing livies as a puffer is at fighting which resulted in doughnut. Then I get a call from mi mate, not coming of course, and I piss off toward the drop off. Then the interesting bits start. I am not getting too many bites from SP and the wind is getting a bit stronger so I decide to anchor to have a bite and throw a few bait around. Caught a bream and a few tiny squire, then a big bite and off is the heavier outfit, with a 20lb line on. Feels like a good fish but doesn t seem to give too many head shake. I guess it is a small shark. Then I got head shakes, I am happy. 30 sec later, I see a fish at the top of the water about 20m from me, its a bloody shark that I am seeing here and it get closer so I discover with great surprise that the bloody thin is actually a 80+ cm catfish. Oh well, I did not expect that for today but I did have fun with it. Got it yakside to see that it s hooked in the eye and before I can get the plier or take the camera out, it was off.
About an hour later, I am a bit further in about 4m of water and I get some good bite while drifting with a big fish fillet at the end of my 10lb outfit. I am getting ready to set the hook into whatever this thing is and zzzzzzzzzzzz, the little reel is screaming. I have caught some small shark on this reel but this run feels heaps stronger. I hang on, the yak immediately turns around and get towed and I see my little reel screaming and I feel buggered. Then it stops, I must have about half of the 300m of line left at this point. I feel better and set the drag a little lower to make sure I dont break the line. A couple of very strong headshake and I get a few meter of line back when, zzzz again the fish is gone and well gone this time, it won t stop. I am tightening the drag, slow the spool down with my hand, the last few meters of the line comes, and that s it, I got spooled for the first time ! I feel like I got deflowered by this bugger. Of course I try to set up my other line with the same bait and drift toward were the fish went but nothing bites.
I decide to head a bit further and drift lazily thinking about this fish, when again, I got a good bite on the 20lb line, and nothing, did a good run, i set the hook but it stopped and I got the hook back. My last try was to put a 30cm pike alive in 6m of water close to the bottom and again I had a beautiful bite but I only just got the head of the fish back.
I did managed this little blenny on SP which was fun and colourful but nothing remotely close to any of the good ones of today.
Next move will be to get a better rod and reel with plenty of line on it.
Does anybody know if it is easy to get a left handed overhead somewhere ? I haven t looked at it yet but I do not understand why you would use your right arm, which is supposed to be the stronger on a little reel while you are fighting a monster with your left and weak arm. Also if any body knows what type of fish spooled me, it would make me feel better (I call it a big snap but I do not really know).
Cheers, tight line to all
Boris
I was off to wello on monday morning with the intention to show the place around to a mate that really likes kayaking but who is often too lazy to come around. Waiting for him at 8am, I jump in the water and try to get any bait that would be stickin around the jetty. Of course I am as good as chasing livies as a puffer is at fighting which resulted in doughnut. Then I get a call from mi mate, not coming of course, and I piss off toward the drop off. Then the interesting bits start. I am not getting too many bites from SP and the wind is getting a bit stronger so I decide to anchor to have a bite and throw a few bait around. Caught a bream and a few tiny squire, then a big bite and off is the heavier outfit, with a 20lb line on. Feels like a good fish but doesn t seem to give too many head shake. I guess it is a small shark. Then I got head shakes, I am happy. 30 sec later, I see a fish at the top of the water about 20m from me, its a bloody shark that I am seeing here and it get closer so I discover with great surprise that the bloody thin is actually a 80+ cm catfish. Oh well, I did not expect that for today but I did have fun with it. Got it yakside to see that it s hooked in the eye and before I can get the plier or take the camera out, it was off.
About an hour later, I am a bit further in about 4m of water and I get some good bite while drifting with a big fish fillet at the end of my 10lb outfit. I am getting ready to set the hook into whatever this thing is and zzzzzzzzzzzz, the little reel is screaming. I have caught some small shark on this reel but this run feels heaps stronger. I hang on, the yak immediately turns around and get towed and I see my little reel screaming and I feel buggered. Then it stops, I must have about half of the 300m of line left at this point. I feel better and set the drag a little lower to make sure I dont break the line. A couple of very strong headshake and I get a few meter of line back when, zzzz again the fish is gone and well gone this time, it won t stop. I am tightening the drag, slow the spool down with my hand, the last few meters of the line comes, and that s it, I got spooled for the first time ! I feel like I got deflowered by this bugger. Of course I try to set up my other line with the same bait and drift toward were the fish went but nothing bites.
I decide to head a bit further and drift lazily thinking about this fish, when again, I got a good bite on the 20lb line, and nothing, did a good run, i set the hook but it stopped and I got the hook back. My last try was to put a 30cm pike alive in 6m of water close to the bottom and again I had a beautiful bite but I only just got the head of the fish back.
I did managed this little blenny on SP which was fun and colourful but nothing remotely close to any of the good ones of today.
Next move will be to get a better rod and reel with plenty of line on it.
Does anybody know if it is easy to get a left handed overhead somewhere ? I haven t looked at it yet but I do not understand why you would use your right arm, which is supposed to be the stronger on a little reel while you are fighting a monster with your left and weak arm. Also if any body knows what type of fish spooled me, it would make me feel better (I call it a big snap but I do not really know).
Cheers, tight line to all
Boris
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